Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. Ní fheictear dom cén fáth nach bhfuil an Roinn sásta an dara oide a cheadú sa chás seo. The school meets the Department's minimum criteria of, currently, having 11 pupils and, from September this year, having nine pupils but according to the Minister of State, in the case of the second mainstream post, the total number of pupils in an island school must be eight or above where the school is the only primary school remaining on the island. That is the case in this particular school. Why can it not obtain a second teacher because it would appear to meet the criteria set down by the Department?